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We work with people and organisations in diverse contexts to help them make a difference, creating transformational learning experiences to enable people to reach their full potential.

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I was fed up attending the usual international meetings with limited interaction and dialogue. I engaged Edward to help us deliver a workshop with a difference. He delivered. We succeeded in delivering the most dynamic and results orientated meeting I have attended. We could not have done this without Edward’s dynamism, expert guidance and facilitation. I really enjoyed working with Edward and learning from his expertise and look forward to working again with Edward in the future.

Collectively we have many decades’ experience working at all levels, in different sectors around the world.
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How to be a leadership catalyst

D A Henderson Head of the WHO programme that eradicated smallpox “I was reading about this guy who showed incredible leadership,” began Hugh, and I knew exactly who he meant. Although Hugh lives near Montreal and I live in London, both of us had locked on to a leadership story about Donald Ainslie Henderson, an … Continued

August 5, 2016 9:48 am

Sweet charity: developing charity leaders up, down and sideways

How can charity leaders develop the capabilities they’ll need in the 2020s? Charity leaders deal with complexity. Charity leaders in the 2020s will find themselves working at the edge of what they know. Many, perhaps, already are. There are no…

July 28, 2016 9:56 pm

Everything’s going to be all right: the power of leadership narratives

How to construct leadership narratives is likely to be a talking point on the new NCVO programme Charity Leadership in the 2020s that I am co-creating with Rebecca Nestor. Here’s what I’m noticing and thinking as the programme takes shape. If you have…

July 19, 2016 11:25 pm

Don’t mention the ‘P’ word: talking about developing leaders

The backstory Rebecca Nestor, founder of Learning for Good, and I are collaborating with NCVO on a new leadership programme targeted at the next generation of non-profit leaders. The programme has gone live on the NCVO website, and we are…

April 21, 2016 11:29 pm

“Did we go about together?” My Aunt and Alzheimer’s

90 and where she would rather not be My 90-year-old aunt Elspeth lives in a nursing home where she would rather not be. Ellie, as she likes to be called, would prefer to be at home in her own flat with…

January 31, 2016 11:36 pm

What weapons are in the arsenal of a CELTA teacher?

How I became a language Geek I’ve just taken an intensive CELTA course, and I passed. This means I can teach English to adults and teenagers without being too much of a danger to them or to myself. When I was an undergraduate I taught English in a Paris lycée very badly. It was a lycée technique that … Continued

October 16, 2015 12:46 pm

Plain English introduction to U Theory: how to create innovative solutions collectively

U Theory in plain English U theory is a process that is profound, powerful and practical. But it seems to me that U Theory believers use so much jargon that they are in danger of turning it into a cult. One day I decided to try to explain U Theory in plain English. The is the result. U … Continued

September 14, 2015 9:05 pm

Living in the now: In praise of a very fine yoga teacher

In praise of a fine yoga teacher who taught her last class at the YMCA today Frances Jordan is a very fine yoga teacher indeed. Frances encourages people in her classes to be fully present, and happy with the way…

July 31, 2015 10:23 pm

Nothing Happens in August

An August blog about family and friends Caroline’s Columbian boyfriend has asked her to marry him. Kirsty broke up with her English boyfriend because he is too controlling. Fiona is close to breaking up with her Scottish boyfriend because he is too controlling.…

July 2, 2015 6:50 pm

Why Summer Reading Lists Give Me Sturm und Drang

Now is the time of year when newspapers publish their summer reading lists. The Financial Times, The Economist, and The Guardian will all have pages of elegant and succinct reviews of books published in the last six months. These recommendations…

June 12, 2015 4:03 pm

I love a good teacher

I’m never happier than when I am learning from a good teacher. At school, I always got better grades if I had confidence in the teacher. Now that I am properly middle aged, I still learn better if I trust…

February 20, 2015 12:49 pm

Six Training Hats

People who work with groups wear different hats. I’ve learned a lot from the gym instructors at the London Central YMCA who don’t actually wear hats, yet. “Don’t give up now, push yourself, see if you can work just a little bit faster” The YMCA instructors motivate and manage groups of people – mainly office … Continued

January 31, 2015 4:18 pm

Why Maslow doesn’t satisfy real change-makers

Why Maslow doesn’t satisfy real change-makers Years ago, well, towards the end of last century, I ran a training programme for a bunch of environmentalists. They were nearly all young leaders and visionaries who wanted to change the world. And change the world they did, every day, with exceedingly good humour. Beer, biscuits and extra large … Continued

December 12, 2014 4:05 pm

Why I’m happy to be in good company

Keeping good company At this time of the year e-mail updates are about as welcome as mince pies. Puffed up and full of additives. Mince pies, just to explain, are an essential part of Christmas in the UK, just as…

It’s one thing to be a trainer. It’s quite another to explain how you do it to other people. Here is what I have learned from trying to pass on training skills and knowledge to other people. Key message: Be systematic…

November 8, 2014 9:52 pm

Four ingredients of a successful training programme

Many trainers use acting skills to get their message across Growing up in Scotland, I was fascinated by the eponymous heroine of Muriel Spark’s novel ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ which is set in an Edinburgh girls’ school. Miss…

Since my teenage daughter set off for the first day of the Autumn term at school a few weeks ago, I’ve been thinking about the shape and design of our education system and the many ways in which it’s…

September 28, 2014 10:16 pm

Giles Bartlett reflects on the Brixham Channel Scallop Workshop

WWF UK’s Marine Policy Manager, and GAP2 partner, Giles Bartlett reflects on the Brixham scallop workshop, and discusses possible future developments for this exciting and progressive project It’s been 19 weeks since the Brixham Channel scallop workshop – an event that took a considerable amount of planning by the team and no less work to … Continued